generative Archives

Monster OctaChord, Alien Step Mutha, Roundels: Free Plugins of the Week

23 Jul in Studio

Monster OctaChord spits out sets of chords in various styles, Alien Step Mutha delivers menacing multi-FX, and Roundels generates unique polyrhythms.

Spotify DJ is your own personal OpenAI-assisted music curator

23 Feb in Tech

Introducing Spotify DJ, a new personal music curation tool for Android and iOS that uses OpenAI technology to seek out music you enjoy.

Torso Electronics T-1 Firmware Update: Now with per-step editing!

12 Dec 2022 in Studio, Synths

The Torso Electronics T-1 sequencer just got a lot better: The new firmware 2.0 introduces some exciting features like per-step editing and FX Tracks.

K-Devices TATAT: Note-generating MIDI plug-in gets you in the mood

28 Jun 2022 in Studio

K-Devices TATAT is a creative MIDI plug-in that generates an endless sequence of notes based on a handful of parameters called the "mood".

Audiomodern Chordjam: Not your guitar teacher’s chord book!

21 May 2021 in Studio

Audiomodern Chordjam is a new plug-in that automatically generates chords, progressions and sequences for your tracks. Let Chordjam break your writer's block!

Opera Rotas: Mutant Megadrive FM Drum machine

24 Jun 2020 in Synths

Based on the Yamaha OPL2 soundchip from the Sega Megadrive the Opera Rotas is a mutant generative drum machine full of FM synthesis.

Mazetools Mutant fuses music through Tesseract manipulation in hyperspace

03 Apr 2020 in Synths

Mutant is a visually interactive compositional space of cross-platform musical experimentation and transformation - or messing about with sounds in cubes with your mates.

Sampleson Push: Generative sounds at the push of a button

27 Nov 2019 in Synths

Sampleson has released a one-button polyphonic synthesizer called Push. It will create a new patch every time you hit the button - it doesn't get much simpler than that and it's completely free.

Qu-Bit Bloom fractal sequencer generates the infinite patterns of life

01 Oct 2019 in Synths

Start with 32 steps and branch off down different pathways of organically generated melodies that flux and mutate while being shaped and scaled into the infinite possibilities of Bloom